Question about campaign difficulty and custom realism

ATR-42 · 03-10-10, 12:07 PM

recall how in SH4 we'd start a campaign in the office and youd have to go in and customize your realism settings for that campaign? ie. manual TDC ect...

even though i have my realism settings set up to my liking in the SH5 main menu screen, i started a career on 'medium' and cant figure out what realism settings im operating under... my own, or those applied generically because i set it to medium difficulty?

i ask because to be honest, i cant tell which TDC it has me using?!

ATR-42 · 03-10-10, 12:47 PM

I cycled the deck gun path on and off and resumed the campaign and it made no difference...

im getting the feeling that we are 'locked' to the realism settings associated with the predefined difficulty level?

if this is true, does anyone know how to change it? maybe a config file somewhere?

also i wonder if there is an explanation of which difficulty setting is associated to what realism settings... argh...

H-street · 03-10-10, 01:03 PM

i noticed this too, when doing the realism in the UI it changes it to Custom when you start clicking on it, but when you goto start the campaign "Custom" isn't an option, just the 4 standard.

I also notice after i start a campaign and then go back into the UI realism setting my Custom is replaced with what i selecteda t teh campaign.

i ended up just selected the one that was closest to my liking (High).

I'm guessing its unfinished and they meant for "custom" to be an option in the campaign start but just didn't make it there.

i'll be though there is a setting file that you can edit and just take the "High" or what ever and edit it to be your Custom settings.

ATR-42 · 03-10-10, 01:12 PM

i found a file in the local SH5 saved files data folder, im working with it to see if we can customize campaign realism settings, i will report back

EDIT
Ok i got it!

im going to start a new thread

kylania · 03-10-10, 01:21 PM

Just press ESC when you're in the subpen before your next mission and set your Realism options from there. No need to edit save files or anything crazy.

Herodotus · 03-10-10, 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kylania

Just press ESC when you're in the subpen before your next mission and set your Realism options from there. No need to edit save files or anything crazy.

Found this out last night. Finally can set my realism options.
Messing around with the Config files doesn't work, btw. I've tried it. The game automatically re-sets them when you load a saved game.

ATR-42 · 03-10-10, 01:27 PM

crap i just wasted 45 minutes!
thanks guys! i'll edit the other thread

georgi · 04-16-10, 04:21 PM

Good Evening, Comrades!

I am very happy and thankful to see that there's a bunch of people just as interersted ( or even more) in naval/submarine-based simulation games and they managed to create such a great forum where people can discuss different issues linked with the Silent Hunter game sequels.

Though I am a player very fond of such kind of games and this sequel I find that SH5 sux A55

(mildy speaking)

Two of my biggest problems are Deck Gun control: How the frack I order those guys after engaging and shooting at a target with the deck gun to stop(to cease fire) no matter that the target is still "alive"
Is that solution the best up to date: http://www.mediafire.com/?oi4tmejzioi
(BTW I downloaded the file (rar) and extracted it into the "data" folder of my game directory is that the correct way of installation of this "patch"???)

Second biggest problem is how do I play on custom difficulty without some fancy tricks that I apply everytime, I just want to fix it once.I see that you are talking about that problem here but I understand how exactly to fix it permantly.
I am a great noob so please explain to me in details.
TNX!!!

I run SH5 v1.1.5 on Windows 7 Pro x64

03-10-10, 12:07 PM	#1
ATR-42 Commodore Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Jersey Shore Posts: 606 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 6	Question about campaign difficulty and custom realism recall how in SH4 we'd start a campaign in the office and youd have to go in and customize your realism settings for that campaign? ie. manual TDC ect... even though i have my realism settings set up to my liking in the SH5 main menu screen, i started a career on 'medium' and cant figure out what realism settings im operating under... my own, or those applied generically because i set it to medium difficulty? i ask because to be honest, i cant tell which TDC it has me using?! __________________

03-10-10, 01:12 PM	#4
ATR-42 Commodore Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Jersey Shore Posts: 606 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 6	i found a file in the local SH5 saved files data folder, im working with it to see if we can customize campaign realism settings, i will report back EDIT Ok i got it! im going to start a new thread __________________

03-10-10, 01:21 PM	#5
kylania Silent Hunter Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,528 Downloads: 118 Uploads: 0	Just press ESC when you're in the subpen before your next mission and set your Realism options from there. No need to edit save files or anything crazy. __________________

03-10-10, 01:27 PM	#7
ATR-42 Commodore Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Jersey Shore Posts: 606 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 6	crap i just wasted 45 minutes! thanks guys! i'll edit the other thread __________________

04-16-10, 04:21 PM	#8
georgi Bilge Rat Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Deck Gun Control and Custom Settings Difficulty??? Good Evening, Comrades! I am very happy and thankful to see that there's a bunch of people just as interersted ( or even more) in naval/submarine-based simulation games and they managed to create such a great forum where people can discuss different issues linked with the Silent Hunter game sequels. Though I am a player very fond of such kind of games and this sequel I find that SH5 sux A55 (mildy speaking) Two of my biggest problems are Deck Gun control: How the frack I order those guys after engaging and shooting at a target with the deck gun to stop(to cease fire) no matter that the target is still "alive" Is that solution the best up to date: http://www.mediafire.com/?oi4tmejzioi (BTW I downloaded the file (rar) and extracted it into the "data" folder of my game directory is that the correct way of installation of this "patch"???) Second biggest problem is how do I play on custom difficulty without some fancy tricks that I apply everytime, I just want to fix it once.I see that you are talking about that problem here but I understand how exactly to fix it permantly. I am a great noob so please explain to me in details. TNX!!! I run SH5 v1.1.5 on Windows 7 Pro x64 Last edited by georgi; 04-16-10 at 04:36 PM.

03-10-10, 12:47 PM	#2
ATR-42 Commodore Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Jersey Shore Posts: 606 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 6	I cycled the deck gun path on and off and resumed the campaign and it made no difference... im getting the feeling that we are 'locked' to the realism settings associated with the predefined difficulty level? if this is true, does anyone know how to change it? maybe a config file somewhere? also i wonder if there is an explanation of which difficulty setting is associated to what realism settings... argh...

03-10-10, 01:03 PM	#3
H-street Swabbie Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 8 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	i noticed this too, when doing the realism in the UI it changes it to Custom when you start clicking on it, but when you goto start the campaign "Custom" isn't an option, just the 4 standard. I also notice after i start a campaign and then go back into the UI realism setting my Custom is replaced with what i selecteda t teh campaign. i ended up just selected the one that was closest to my liking (High). I'm guessing its unfinished and they meant for "custom" to be an option in the campaign start but just didn't make it there. i'll be though there is a setting file that you can edit and just take the "High" or what ever and edit it to be your Custom settings.